Cook’s calendar

Food events in the weeks ahead

• RiverbanksBotanical Garden’s fifth annual wine tasting with more than 175 wines takes place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 18. Stations of wine and food set up throughout the gardens. Jazz by Little Cat Z as well. Cost, $40 for members; $50 for general public. Proceeds support conservation and education efforts at the zoo. Go to riverbanks.org for more.

• If you want to learn more about making jams and preserves on a large scale or to sell, Blue Ridge Food Ventures in Fletcher, N.C., outside Asheville, is hosting two workshops April 24 and May 12 and 13. Go to blueridgefoodventures.org for more.

• The Sandhills Farmers’ Market, 900 Clemson Road, located at Clemson’s Sandhill Research and Education Center across from the Village at Sandhill, reopens for spring April 29. The market will be open on Tuesdays through Nov. 25 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Fresh local vegetables, meats, cheeses, plants and a master gardener booth for gardening questions.

• The All-Local Farmers’ Market will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 26, in the parking lot of Rosewood Market & Deli on Rosewood Drive. Locally grown produce and breakfast. Rain or shine.

• PalmettoPlace Children’s Emergency Shelter will host its annual dessert and more competition May 3, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Columbia. Cost, $65 per person; $110 per couple. Call (803) 786-6819 for tickets.

• The Cayce Farmers Market, 2329 Charleston Highway, is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, 8 to 8, and Sundays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• USC’s healthy cooking program, Columbia’s Cooking!, has a variety of options through April, including “Italy in the Spring” April 22 (11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and 24 (5:30 to 8 p.m.). Cost, $30. Call (803) 734-4432 to register.

• Cookingclasses available at Let’s Cook Culinary Studio, 1305 Assembly St., letscookculinary.com, and Fleur de Lys Home Culinary Institute, 3001 Millwood Ave., www.fleur-de-lys.us. Visit both Web sites for schedules and prices.

• Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant hosts its 11th annual Strawberry Festival Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20. Go to boonehallplantation.com for full listing of activities.

Compiled by Allison Askins. Reach Askins at (803) 771-8614.